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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) Lewis Milestone, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott

In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson, and is involved in fatal events. Read More »
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) John M. Stahl, Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. Read More »
Sullivan’s Travels (1941) Preston Sturges, Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick

Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, naive director of fluffy films with a heart of gold Read More »
Desert Fury (1947) Lewis Allen, John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster

Fritzi Haller is a powerful casino owner in Chuckawalla, Nevada. Her daughter Paula (having quit school) Read More »
I Married a Witch (1942) René Clair, Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley

Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Read More »
Riders in the Sky (1949) John English, Gene Autry, Champion, Gloria Henry

When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign Read More »
Beyond Glory (1948) John Farrow, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready

Rocky visits Captain Daniels’ widow, they develop feelings, and she urges him to attend West Point Read More »
A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) Zoltan Korda, Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy

Country squire Henry Maurier is patient with his wife Emily, a neurotic invalid, but her brother surprises Henry with his young mistress Doris. Read More »
Weird Woman (1944) Reginald Le Borg, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers

While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman. Read More »